EQOTD - English Question of the Day - verbalized transition
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Maybe metaphors of motion would help, e.g., objects can enter new states or be carried or moved to them. Or you could refer to states being changed or altered.
Transition is a noun - not a verb. However,IMHO, American English (and increasingly Australian and NZ English)has always permitted/encouraged the use of nouns as verbs at the user's behest. This sometimes enriches the language and somtimes detracts. I have often seen "transition" being used as a verb - "... the system transitioned from state 1 to ...". Ugly and unnecessary, iI think.